Tulip Siddiq has resigned as the UK’s treasury minister after being under the scanner for her close ties to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Labour MP has been accused of corruption
Documents recovered from Sheikh Hasina’s former residence reveal that one of Britain’s most distinguished barristers, Desmond Browne KC, provided legal guidance to the ex-Bangladeshi prime minister’s government as it sought to counter allegations
Labour has long known about MP Siddiq's links to an autocrat in Bangladesh, so why was she appointed a minister?
It comes after days of UK media reports around Siddiq's use of a north London flat given to her by her sister, Azmina, also a niece of Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s niece, Tulip Siddiq, resigned on Tuesday as a minister in Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government after weeks of damaging headlines about how she had allegedly benefitted financially from her links to her aunt’s Awami League.
Tulip Siddiq, the United Kingdom's anti-corruption minister and niece of deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned from her government post. Siddiq's resignation comes amid growing calls for her to resign over alleged involvement in corruption investigations concerning her family.
Siddiq resigned as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister amidst growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh
The matter came to light after The Sunday Times found a crumpled document in Sheikh Hasina's bedroom in her ransacked former residence in Dhaka which revealed that Browne agreed to meet the officials
said on Thursday that his country's high growth under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was "fake" and faulted the world for not questioning what he said was her corruption. Yunus, 84 ...
Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) said it will continue its efforts to bring deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from India and will seek international ...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday said Bangladesh's high growth under ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was "fake" and faulted the world for not questioning for her "corruption".
In August last year, the student-led movement had ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power after weeks of protests, resulting in the death of over 600 people. Impact of poli